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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 14, 1943.
MEWS SUMMARY OF
THE WEEK IN GEORGIA
Pocan thieves are active around
Albany.
Squirrel season in Georgia will
open tomorrow.
Large acreage in Middle and
South Georgia is being sown in
oats.
Blakely citizens are expecting
city mail delivery service at an
early date.
The South Georgia Methodist
Conference meets at Tifton Nov. 3
for a four-days session.
Jarry A. Hollis Hollis, 36, Craw
ford county farmer, died at his
home near Roberta Sunday.
James G. Feagin, assistant chief
of the Americus fire department,
resigned Tuesday, effective Oct,
22.
Chief Justice Stone
Passes 71st Birthday;
Will Stay On Bench
Man Kills Self After
Shooting Tifton Woman;
Cause Is Unknown
Central Of Ga. Railway
Celebrates 100 Year Of
Macon-Savannah Run
Macon, Oct. 12—A hundred years
Washington, Oct. 10—Chief Jus- j Tifton, Oct. 12—Suicide verdict
tice H. F. Stone, the only member was returned by a coroner's jury j a g 0 t on jght the first train to run
of the Supreme Court eligible to headed by Bruce Donaldson, Tift [ rom Savannas to Macon, rolled
retire, because of age , will be 71 county, investigated the death of j nto M aC on—then a town of less
years old Monday, but friends say Nelson Edwards, formerly of Tift | 4,000 population—and the
he is too engrossed in his work to county, late of Miami, whom Of- 1 cetral railroad achieved the dis
consider leaving the bench.
ficer Alonzo Ross of Georgia bu- 1 ti nc tic>n of being the longest rail
'Confession' Of Slayer
May Liberate Convict
After 9 Years' Service
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city isn't attractive, its fi ou .
are unsurpassed in beautv w
visited an interesting landtnarw
today, the oldest church in the u
” Mission, built
S. A., San Miguel
in the 1620’s.
The climate here
They have predicted since he reau of investigation found at 2-15 ]j ne j n the world under one man-
reached the retirement age of 70 j Tuesday morning dead from a! age ment.
that he would continue to serve as pistol wound through his temple.; The next day was an occasion
long as his health permitted. It Edwards was lying on a stack of! f or ga i a celebration, barbecue and
now is described as excellent. | lumber at a builder's supply com- i speeches.
The juristt’s principal birthday | p a ny lumber shed in Tifton. State
activity Monday will be a session an d c ity police had been searching
ofthe court at which he will an- [ or him since a shooting which
nounce whether nearly 300 peti- occurred at about 11*03 Monday
tions for erview filed during the n jght in a Tifton main street
summer will be granted or de- j unc h room operated by Leslie
nied. ( Oliver.
Mrs. Lillian Simpson who is a
Macon itself was less than 20
Atlanta, Oct. 13—After nine
years in prison for a crime he has ' “ 1L nero 18 ver y pleas-
consistently denied, R. E. O’Brien . . ?. g C0U Ple of blankets
Tuesday neared freedom with the | g
aid of a fellow convict, unknown
to him, who declared he was
guilty of the theft for which
O'Brien was sentenced.
At a hearing before the State
Board of Pardons and Paroles,life
Well, so much for the advertise
ment of the West. I will take the
Southeast, a t
East
that.
My
sales
meaning the
new assignment
officer for Burns
nere j s
Genera]
termer Robert Riley declared it a 05 p. kak . ^Ges procurring and
was he, and not O'Brien, who in
years old as an incorporated city.! 1934 robbed Police Lieutenant E
The Monroe railroad already link- [ FT- Johnson of $10
Columbus officers Tuesday ar
rested 27 negroes at “honky tonks’
within the city limits. They were
charged with loitering.
Fire destroyed a 708-foot long
bridge over a branch of the Satilla
river Tuesday halting traffic over
the Waycross-Brunswick highway.
Four Persons Killed,
Two Are Injured In
Auto-Truck Accident
Tifton widow and Edwards had
entered the lunchroom and sat at
a table. Edwards excused himself
saying he would be back. In a
taxi he went to the bus station
returning he drew a pistol, shot
at Mrs. Simpson four or five times
Surrency, Ga., Oct. 10—Four per-1 two S hots took effect inflicting
sons were killed and two seriously j-jgsb wounds. Edwards then dis-
injured two miles west of Surren- a pp eare d into the darkness behind
cy last night when an automobile ca f e police were called. Mrs.
struck a truck parked by a road gi m p Son was rushed inan ambu-
and then collided with another j ance to Tift county hospital.
James S. Kerr, 60, assistant to car. ! A note in the pocket of
the president of Southern Bell ; The dead were listed as Ralph daad man read "if anything hap-
Telephone and Telegraph Com- [ Alonzo Zachry, 17, Emmett Owens, t-jpj-jg +q me notifv mv brother Z I
pany, died Sunday night at his ; 23, and Mrs. Roy Owens, 23, all of g^rds Chula! Ga.” Mr.’Ross
died
home in Atlanta.
An Atlanta man named Robert
Riley has confessed to have com
mitted a hold-up robbery in At
lanta for which Robert E. O’Brien
has served a nin-year penitentiary
sentence.
ed the town with Forsyth and
Griffin, and Central's new depot
was located in East Macon. It was
not until 10 years later that per
mission was granted the road to
come into Macon proper.
However, on Friday, Oct. 13, 1843
practically the entire population
turned out for the official recep
tion.
Wednesday, the 100th anniver
sary of that date was observed b$
Macon's civic clubs. Songs of the
1840’s were sung by a Central of
Georgia quartet, and Central of
ficials made speeches. Descend- 1
ants of the engineer and conduc
tor of that first train have been
t h e invitedto attend the celebration.
1 One of these descendants, C. L.
Cannon, great grandson of Con
ductor J. O. Davis works for the
He said that through the eight
years he had spent in prison he
had felt he should make a con
fession and absolve the man he
knew was not guilty. Riley, then |
distributing food to the hospital a
small Japanese internment carrm
and a government construction
camp nearby. I, no doubt tried to
make it sound like a big job but
it isn't, as the personnel of either
place isn't very large.
Here's hoping this finds y ou
21, was convicted in 1935 of slay- j feelin S fir } e - As for
we
(McDonald, and Dorsey Cribbs, a
i resident of Wayne county.
I At Jesup, Mrs. Emmett Owens
! a nd Roy Owens were confined to
a hospital.
| State patrolmen said Cribbs was
: working on a flat tire on his truck
I when the car in which the Mc-
1 Donald residents were driving to
Brunswick collided with the truck
and the other car approaching
The October term of Marion su
perior court will open Oct. 25 at
Buena Vista. The smallest number
of cases in many years appear on from the opposite direction
the docket it is reported by Sheriff
R. E. Dillard
Rev. and Mrs. Carl Ayers who
formerly lived in the pastorium
adjoining the White Water Baptist
church, have moved to Montezu
ma. Rev. Ayers serves hte Ideal
and Garden Valley Baptist
churches.
t notified the brother at- the broth
er's farm home.
I Cause of the shooting is un
known by authorities. Edwards
had been drinking, Officers say. car
Mrs. Simpson is daughter-in-law g ', rVlo
of Coroner Simpson She has a son
ina Tifton school and a daughter
away. She is expected to recover.
Central at Macon.
In the early years of the Savan- Bome thing in my conscience
nah-Macon link—191 miles—the
schedule called for a 12-hour trip
and the fare was $8 in a passen-
$5 in the baggage car.
The present schedule is five
hours and 10 minutes. The coach
fare, $3.20.
Fulton County Man Is
Found Guilty In First
Draft-Dodging Case
Atlanta, Oct. 12—The first case
Automobile Driver Held
For Manslaughter After
Valdosta Youth Is Killed
Vidalia, Ga., Oct. 10—In a three
justice court held at Lyons court
house Saturday to hear commit-
COLUMBUS ROBERTS DONATES
$50,000 TO GEORGIA BAPTIST
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
ing a traveling salesman, Max
Sojblom.
Riley, O'Brien and Johnson ap
peared before the board as it con
sidered an appeal that O'Brien be
pardoned because of Riley's con
fession. The decision was with
held pending further investigation
of the case.
The men said they had never
met before Tuesday, although both
have been confined recently in the
Tattnall State Prison at Reids-
ville. It was while in the Tattnall
hospital, recovering from leg in
juries self-inflicted to avoid con
vict camp work, that Riley “felt
and
told his story to a Prison Board
district supervisor.
Johnson, an Atlanta police of
ficer, was quoted in records as
saying it was possible that he may
have made a mistake in his iden
tification of O’Brien in 1934. The
convicted man pleaded not guilty
through a series of trials, includ
ing a State Supreme Court hear
ing but, he was given a 15-to-20-
vear sentence.
are fine and enjoying life.
Regards to the Herald staff and.
the many fine people of the sec
tion of this wonderful country.
A couple of friends,
Jack & Evelyn Hammock
Address:
1023 Don Diego St.
Santa Fe, New Mexico..
No. 2
A $20,000 child care nursery
school project, opened Monday at
Manchester under the supervision
of Miss Eleanor Duffy and a fac
ulty of five teachers. Approximate
ly 60 children were expected to
be enrolled.
Monday in the conviction of Al
bert Walker, 32, of Fulton county.
He was charged specifically with
making false statements in his
questionnaire, claiming he had
Sheriff M. C. Screws of Baker (wo minor dependents when actu-
county was convicted Thursday by a ny he had none by his present
a U. S. district court of violating wife. Judge Marvin Underwood
civil liberties statutes in the death will pass sentence at a later date,
of a prisoner, and Judge Deaver , still pending before the Federal
sentenced him to three years' im- court here are 14 Selective Service
prisonment and fined him $1,000,
involving alleged violation of the , ment trial of J. T. Brown of Uval-
Selective Training and Service ■ da was bound to superior court on
Act to go on trial in the Federal j charge^ involuntary manslaugh-
District Court here terminated J J
ter and bond assessed at $1,000
The trial was in connection with
an automobile accident case which
occurred on the Mt. Vernon-Vida-
lia highway Oct. 3 when James
Williams, aged 7, died as result of
having been knocked from his bi
cycle by a car driven by Roosevelt
Baker, a negro from McRae, and
his body passed over by a car
driven by Mr. Brown who was in-
mediately behind the first car.
cases, each involving defendants i Roosevelt Baker, Archie Berry,
who claim exemption from mili-joilie Nell Hurse and Lorana Lit-
Four persons were killed and two tary service because of being con- 1 man all colored, are being held by
seriously injured two miles west sdentious objectors. Judge Under- Sheriff Bob Gray, but were not
wood, in open court, directed the I tried at Friday's session. These
district attorney's office not to j four were in a car driven by Ba-
place these on the calendar for i ker reported to have struck the
trial until after the U. S. Supremo I youngster as he was riding along
Court has ruled on other similar: the highway. The committment
cases.
of Surrency, near Baxley, Saturday
night when an automobile crashed
into a truck by the side of the
road and swerved into another
car coming from the opposite di
rection.
MRS. T. .
RESIDED
MAFFETT DIES;
AT MONTEZUMA
Representatives from the sheriff's
office in Muscogee county Tuesday
discovered and destroyed a 1,000- {
gallon tank type still near the ’ Montezuma> G a., Oct. 10—Fu-
Macon road, about thiee miles nera j services will bfe held at the
from Upatoi. About 300 gallons of Montezuma Funeral Home Mon-
mash were confiscated but no ar- day for Mrs T E M affett, 78, citi-
rests were made. i zen Q f Montezuma for many years
. ■», . r-- - , whose death occurred Saturday at
Marion Nelson 77-year.old her daughter, Mrs. R.
Gwinnett County farmer, was ^
stung to death at his home a few
days ago when attacked by three
FREE "JACKETS" FOR GAS
COUPONS NOW DISTRIBUTED
BY STANDARD OIL DEALERS
Atlanta, Oct. 8—Dr. Arthur
Jackson, executive secretary of the
Georgia Baptist Foundation, an
nounced a gift of $50,000 from Co
lumbus Roberts, Columbus, Ga.. —
capitalist, to be held in trust by if you would like a wallet, or
the Georgia Baptist Foundation for “jacket” in which to keep your
Norman Junior College, Norman gasoline ration coupons, you can
Park, Ga., and Brewton-Parker j secure one free from your nearesl
Junior College, Mt. Vernon, Ga. | Standard Oil dealer.
The two institutions will benefit These jackets have proved so
in equal amounts of $25,000 each, popular among motorists, in pre-
the income to be used in aiding serving their valuable but flimsy
ministerial students, he said. gas coupon sheets, that the first
Roberts has given substantial! run of a million jackets was soon
sums to Mercer University, Bessie j exhausted and a new suppdy is
Tift College and Shorter College
in recent years, Dr. Jackson said,
and he stands in the forefront of
any one benefactor of Baptist in
stitutions.
Dr. Jackson announced goals for
endowment of the five Georgia
Baptist educational institutions
within the next year totaling a
million and .half dollars.
now ready for distribution.
The new jacket provides two
pockets instead of one. It will ac
commodate conveniently not only
Basic and Supplementary Ration
coupons, but also Tire Inspection
Record and other incidental papers
There is also a space for a record
of gasoline purchases—date, quan
tity and speedometer reading.
From
Pa e On*
mon Jarrell, R. M. Suggs.
Trustees—Butler: W. J. Butler,
C. E. Benns Sr., Eli Garrett, T. b!
Joiner, J. T. Mathews, H. H. Ri-
ley.
Trustees: Mauk parsonage, C. E.
Benns Sr., R. L. Waller, B. F. Mont
gomery.
The following resolution was by
rising vote unanimously adopted:
A Resolution
The Board of Stewards of the
Howard Methodist church wish to
extend to Brother Gilbert our
heartfelt appreciation and deepest
gratitude for his earnest, success-
fuland Christian efforts during the
four years he has been with us.
During his ministry many new
members have been added to our
church of a quality of original
long leaf Georgia pine. We who
are in the grandfather class have
no fear that this church will stand
and carry on until the new' mem
bers added through his efforts
have seen as many summers come
and go as we have. Our earnest
prayers and best wishes go with
him and Sister Gilbert into what
ever field they may be sent.
In order that our feelings of ap
preciation may become a matter
of permanent record it is our de
sire that a copy of this letter may
be incorporated in the minutes of
this meeting.
R. L. Brown, Chairman
E. H. Perkins
Herbert Sealy
Rupert Willis
Clinton Clark
L. Esselstyn for the
Board of Stewards.
court was compo ed of Justice V.
B. Herring, Justice Sam Bland and
Justice M. A. Miot.
HAGGARD NAMED
TO ELKS GROUP
hives of honey bees. Nelson had
purchased the bees from a neigh
bor and was unloading the hives
at his farm when the bees at
tacked him.
M. Baldwin in Virginia.
Mrs. Maffett made her home
with another daughter, Mrs. T. F.
Sharpless of Columbus, and had
gone to Virginia on a visit.
Besides her daughters, she is
survived by one son, T. E. Maffett j children
of Dade City, Fla., and several! —
Americus, Ga., Oct. 10—Wallace
Haggard has been appointed tothe
board of trusteesof the Crippled
Children League of Georgia, Inc.,
the appointment being made by
R. C. Johnson, exalted ruler of the
Americus Lodge of Elks.
The league was organized in
1937 to carry out the statewide
program of the Elks in aiding
Georgia's physically handicapped
MOTHER KICKS TOY
AND SON KILLS HER
The lunch room at Reynolds; grandchildren
high school is now open under the
direction of Miss Mildred Cau-
then, home ec teacher, in the high
school. Lunches have been furn
ished all week to about 100 chil
dren from the rural districts at
12c each for lunch. The lunchroom
is sponsored by the Woman’s Im
provement and was established by
WPA aid in September, 1942.
BRIDGE FIRE KEEPS
WAR WORKERS IDLE
Relatives in Ellaville of Mrs. E.
S. Davis formerly of Ellaville,have
been notified of the finding of the
body of her husband, Col. Davis
of the Air Corps, recovered in the
Aleutians, and buried at Anchor
age, Alaska, with full military
honors. Col. Davis was reported
killed in action Nov. 28, 1942. He
was the husband of the former
Miss Esther Threlked, of Ella
ville.
EARL BELL RETURNS
TO AUGUSTA NEWSPAPER
Augusta, Ga., Oct. 11—Hanging
his hat on the same peg for over
20 years was a habit too strong
for Earl Bell, Augusta Herald
headline w'riter, to break.
Bell left here to accept another
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 10—Wm.
Browning, 17, a football star at
Little Rock's Catholic High school
confessed, Detertice Chief O. N.
Martin announced the bludgeon
slaying of his widowed, socially
prominent mother, Mrs. Julia K.
Browning, 56.
The boy was docketed for first
degree murder after he told of
ficers, Martin assserted, that he
beat his mother to death Sept. 30
in a fit of rage “because she
knocked a hole in his model air
plane and objected to him becom
ing a flier.”
NEW COMMANDER
ARRIVES AT BENNING
Ft. Benning, Ga., Oct. 10—Col.
William Hobson arrived Saturday
to takecommand of Ft. Benning,
Brigadier General W. S. Fulton,
wh retired.
Hobson for the past 14 months
has been executive officer of the
munitions assignment board at
Washington and has just returned
from a special mission to Iceland,
position, but he found he just Africa, and England. His other as-
couldn't stay away. After a few signments have included service
days he was back again. When he
left his fellow workers gave him a
fountain pen for a farewell gift.
When he returned they welcomed
him back with a pencil to match. Washington
in Panama, the Philippines, Fort
Snelling, Minn.; presidio in San
Francisco and professor of military
subjects at Georgetown University
Brunswick, Ga., Oct 12—Fire de
stroyed a 708-foot long bridge over
a branch of the Satilla River early
Tuesday, halting traffic over the
Waycross-Brunswick Highway.
Hundreds of war plant workers
residing in Waycross and other
points were unable to report for
work at Brunswick Tuesday.
Highway Department spokesmen
said it would require a week to
build a detour bridge for the burn
ed span which was located seven
miles east of Nahunta.
Highway travel is being routed
through Jesup until a detour is
constructed.
Phone 89
Butler, Ga.
END OF TIRE CRISIS
IN 6 MONTHS SEEN
New York, Oct. 12—The critical
period for truck and passenger
tires will end in six months but
until then “the crisis is still
with us” George Beardshaw, of the
Office of the Rubber Director,said
Tuesday.
Speaking at the second annual
rubbee- conservation conference of
the National Association of Inde
pendent Tire Dealers, Beardshaw
asserted that synthetic rubber pas
senger tire production is increas
ing but he warned that until fa
cilities have been expanded the
first consideration must be to keep
essential transportation rolling.
Lb
Lb
M. H. Coffee
Luzianne Coffee
Happy Host Coffee Lb
Bulk Coffee 2 Lbs
Cocoa i ..... .
Potted Meat
Deviled Ham
Sardiue
30c
30c
25c
35c
. . 15c
Can 6c
Can 20c
Can 9c
Pineapple No. 2\ Can 30c
Grits ... 3 Pkgs 25c
Octagon Soap Lge Bar 5c
Octagon Powder
Lava Soap
Apple Jelly . .
Mustard ....
Lge
Box
5c
Bar 7c
. 19c
Qt 10c
Lard .... 4 Lbs 75c
10 Lbs Sugar 67c
Kelloggs Corn Flakes 5c
Sunshine
Krispy Crackers Lb 19c
Sunshine
Graham Crackers Lb 20c
Oleomargine Lb 19c
Skinless Weiners Lb 29c
Mixed Sausage Lb 27c
Boiled Ham Lb 70c
We Sell Western Branded Meats
Government Inspected and
Graded.
Roy Acuff’s
Own
Flour $1-45
Hear Roy on the Grand Ole Opry
Every Saturday Night.